Civilian nuclear incidents: An overview of historical, medical, and scientific aspects

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 260-272

  Rojavin, Yuri ^a   Seamon, Mark J ^a,d   Tripathi, Ravi S ^b   Papadimos, Thomas J ^b,d   Galwankar, Sagar ^d   Kman, Nicholas ^b   Cipolla, James ^c,d   Grossman, Michael D ^c,d   Marchigiani, Raffaele ^c   Stawicki, Stanislaw P A ^b,d  

^a Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c St Lukes Regional Level i Trauma Center   (United States)

^d OPUS 12 Foundation Nuclear Incident Preparedness Task Force   (United States)

Author keywords

Civilian nuclear incident; radiation monitoring; radiation syndromes; radioactive exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960071896     PISSN: 09742700     EISSN: 0974519X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2700.82219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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